The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-23
A FIEND [NCARNATE..
BRUTAL MURDER OF his srEpsoN
Literally Bonts n Little Boy 20 Death with
s u strnp-A Deed Which Has Scarcely
Doen Ezoellod In Criminal Annals.
f!a3 Arrest of tho Murderer. r

CHICAGO, Nov. PA nelghbor, who had
wanted to adopt little Max Gilman, the
ll.year-old step.aon Of August Haizka, SAT
by his corpse at 422 Lincoln street to-day
and sobbsd us II her heart would break.
The child had been beaten to death by
Hatzka and bis poor, frail little body was
literally asyed. The brutal murderer
Is locked up at the West Chicago avenue
station for his crime. He gave his. child
his last punishment this morning with a
strap and steel buckle.
The boy was the son OF Halzka's first
wife, whom he married in Germany, and
who died there about five years ago.
Hatzka married again within. three
months after her death, and his second
vile died June 10Th, last year, in Chicago.
Since that itappoarsthe poor waifo step.
con has received more kicks than crusts,
and was half starved all tho time. The
neighbors say The boy was o nice little
fellow. He couldn't stay a. home to bo
beaten aud otarved, but last night he re.
turned when Hatzka was ont. Hatzka
wont up to the boys bed when he rc.
turned, and taking leather strap
to which was attached buckle
simply taycd the helpless boy alive. This
was about 10 o'clock last night. The
neighbors heard the screams OF the boy
then, and later, about midnight, they
were awakened by fresh attack OF tho
incessant brute. Nothing further was
heard until this morning, when the sound
OF blows and groaning could once more
he hoard. About 8 o'clock this morning
Hsszka told one OF the neighbors that the
boy had died suddenly, and they eent
word to the coroner and notified the West
Chicago Avenue police. Detectives found
the body of the boy yet warm at 10 o'clock,
showing that he had died this morn
Ing, alter what was at least the third
beating.
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.
The body Of the little victim is simply
one mass Of lacerstions, where the sharp
buckle ploughed up and ripped the
quiveriug flesh. On tho back of the head
are frequent imprinta Of the buckle and 1t
is ssuppoued that coucussion Of the brain
from the blows on the head caused the
boys death. Examination OF the prem
isss show that Ha'zka had wiped the
blood oil the bleeding body OF the boy
and burned the rags with which he did ii.
The shirt the boy wore when he was whip.
ped Was found hidden away in shed
back of the house. It was all oaked with
dried blood, snd the clean shirt which
Ha,zka put on the poor little fellow is
almost ss bloody. Hatzka ia 2S years old,
and was employed by Niemann & Vein
hsrdt, furniture manufacturers. He has
two little sons of his own, aged 4 years
and years respectively.
Hatzka obtained an unenviable reputa-
ton in the neighborhood las. summer by
his treatment Of q young woman whom be
engaged as housekoepor. He made pro-
pcsals OF marriage to her after eho had
been working for him four days, and wac
very much enraged ct her because abe was
already betrothed to another man and de-
clined the honor OF being his wifo. It ia
related that be charged her with the theft
OF half shawl OF his late wife and come
pieces Of table linen, but she not only
proved her innocence but showed that he
had cut the shawl himself and hidden
away the linen.
When the officers arrived at Hatzkas
house they found him seated in the
kitchen smoking. He was promptly ar
rested. The man had evidently been
drinking, but whether before or after the
tragedy WAC not apparent. He was very
reticent and pretended not to understand
Engliah.